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<li>x] # 6158 -&nbsp;<a href="/view/task?id=6158" target="_blank">CREATE-article# #</a>&nbsp;- [20:00] SUMMARY(TLDW) - VIDEO[20:00] - CBC interview with __, co author of new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoNR_9lsn3o" target="_blank">Losing the Signal</a>&nbsp;- which details the rise and fall of Blackberry(6) r/canada&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/4j50r0/losing_the_signal_rise_and_fall_of_blackberry/?ref=search_posts" target="_blank">comments</a>(0)</li>
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<li>] http://www.ept.ca/2016/05/lazaridis-institute-communitech-help-tech-firms-scale/</li>
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<div>] founders mike Lazaridis and jim Balsillie were never buddies</div>
<div>] jim B was the business shark, to mike L the tech guy&nbsp;</div>
<div>] BB decided to forego the convergence of devices(aka smartphone), reason = bandwidth</div>
<div>] apple changed the game with the iphone and the AT&amp;T deal &nbsp;</div>
<div>] 14 years from a waterloo garage to the kings of the tech world,</div>
<div>] now a 20B company, what do you do</div>
<div>] board was seasoned business people who didnt really know tech or sv</div>
<div>] fines for patent infringement, stock options manipulation</div>
<div>] jim+mike very divided over stock options, had to go before official, mike blamed ] jim, jim felt he was thrown under bus and was not appreciated</div>
<div>] company was run by 2 different CEO's with 2 different visions</div>
<div>storm, the phone verizon wanted, verizon wanted to get rid of keyboard, storm idea was touch screen with tactile feedback, worked in testing, not in return rate was 99%, late getting them out</div>
<div>playbook - launched without email app</div>
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<div>] mike and jim(IM) asked to leave company,&nbsp;</div>
<div>] global outage&nbsp;</div>
<div>] replaced with new CEO&nbsp;</div>
<div>] mike furious, no keyboard, bought out all</div>
<div>] still dont talk, each have their own personal interests</div>
<div>] no connnection to bb today , jim uses bold,&nbsp;</div>
<div>] today, passport and priv, latest bb models, not doing all that well</div>
<div>] company moving away from hardware, people are moving on,&nbsp;</div>
<div>] moving into s/w, iot, cars</div>
<div>] lessons - you can build a 20B company in Canada</div>
<div>] lessons - they are still alive, no doubt, 5B in cash</div>
<div>] lessons - bb effect - lost bb job, running their own startups, reflection of investment&nbsp;</div>
<div>*] business book of the year</div>
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